How to use the Illustration Index to Australian Art

Illustration Index to Australian Art is an index to the many reproductions of Australian artists which have been used as illustrations in books on the arts and in major exhibition catalogues. Information is given, when known, concerning the medium of the original, whether it is in colour or black/white, and the page or other reference number in the text where the reproduction occurs.

Click on the initial letter of the artist's last name:

First you'll need to download the complete file of Illustration Index to Australian Art entries [1179K]. You can then use this file to do a title search by using the Find function on your browser.

Sample entry

acry	acrylic	lino	linocut
alpha	in alphabetical order	litho	lithograph
aqua	aquatint	mix	mixed media
bp	between pages	no	number
bw	black/white	np	no pagination, not paged
ca.p.	circa page (near page)	opp	opposite
ceram	ceramic	p	page
char	charcoal	past	pastel
col	colour	penc	pencil
draw	drawing	photo	photograph
enam	enamel	pl	plate
engr	engraving	pva	polyvinyl acetate
etch	etching	sculp	sculpture
fig	figure	spp	synthetic polymer paint
fp	facing page (sometimes following page)	wc	water colour
ill	illustration	?	unknown or unclear

Illustration Index to Australian Art

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Copyright © Electronic edition: University of Adelaide Library 2000